WO2002053668A2 - Hot-melt adhesive based on blend of amorphous and crystalline polymers for multilayer bonding - Google Patents
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Definitions
- Disposable absorbent articles such as adult incontinence articles and diapers, are generally manufactured by combining several components. These components typically include a liquid-permeable topsheet; a liquid-impermeable backsheet attached to the topsheet; and an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet.
- the liquid-permeable topsheet When the disposable article is worn, the liquid-permeable topsheet is positioned next to the body of the wearer.
- the topsheet allows passage of bodily fluids into the absorbent core.
- the liquid-impermeable backsheet helps prevent leakage of fluids held in the absorbent core.
- the absorbent core generally is designed to have desirable physical properties, e.g. a high absorbent capacity and high absorption rate, so that bodily fluids can be transported from the skin of the wearer into the disposable absorbent article.
- one or more components of a disposable absorbent article are adhesively bonded together.
- adhesives have been used to bond individual layers of the absorbent article, such as the topsheet (also known as, for example, the body-side liner) and backsheet (also known as, for example, the outer cover), together.
- Adhesive has also been used to bond discrete pieces, such as fasteners and leg elastics, to the article.
- the bonding together of components forms a laminated structure in which adhesive is sandwiched between materials (such as layers of polymer film and/or layers of woven or nonwoven fabrics) that make up the components being bonded together.
- a hot-melt adhesive i.e. a polymeric formulation that is heated to substantially liquefy the formulation prior to application to one or both materials when making a laminate
- a hot-melt adhesive is used in making a laminated structure. While such formulations generally work, they can be costly and their performance properties can be improved. For example, adhesion can be improved to help provide a sturdier laminate (e.g., to improve the integrity or strength of the bond between two components in a disposable absorbent article).
- the propensity of hot-melt adhesives to migrate from the laminated structure and onto the surfaces of equipment, such as ultrasonic-bonding equipment used to ultrasonically bond layers, can be reduced or eliminated.
- the present invention is generally directed to adhesive compositions comprising selected ratios of crystalline and amorphous polymers, the adhesive compositions having better performance characteristics and/or costing less than conventional hot-melt adhesives.
- an adhesive composition comprising a polymer which can assume different configurations (e.g., an atactic, isotactic, and/or syndiotactic configuration, as defined below) can be improved by manipulating the ratio of the configurations present in the adhesive composition (e.g., by increasing the amount of a polymer having an isotactic configuration, which typically has a higher degree of crystallinity compared to the other configurations, relative to the amount of polymer having an atactic configuration, which typically has a lower degree of crystallinity compared to the other configurations).
- a material comprising a combination of atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene possesses desirable adhesive properties and may be used to make
- An atactic, or amorphous, polymer is generally less likely to assume a crystalline structure.
- An isotactic polymer is generally more likely to assume a crystalline structure.
- a material comprising a specified combination of atactic and isotactic polymers such as atactic and isotactic polypropylene, possesses regions, and/or characteristics, of both a crystalline material and an amorphous material.
- the present invention encompasses adhesive compositions comprising selected polymers having different degrees of crystallinity, such as an adhesive composition comprising atactic and isotactic polypropylene, whether or not the composition possesses all of the advantages discussed herein.
- a material comprising a combination of an atactic and isotactic polymer such as a material comprising atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene, may cost less than a conventional hot-melt adhesive.
- conventional hot-melt adhesives are typically formulated by combining several components, including a polymer or polymers for cohesive strength; resins, tackifiers, or other generally low molecular- weight materials for adhesive strength; viscosity modifiers such as oils or wax-like materials; and other additives (e.g., antioxidants).
- a combination of the atactic and isotactic polymer alone provides improved bond characteristics compared to conventional hot-melt adhesives.
- the present invention encompasses adhesive compositions that include selected atactic, isotactic, and/or syndiotactic polymers, or selected polymers having different degrees of crystallinity, combined with other additives or materials.
- compositions may be used in conventional hot-melt-adhesive processing equipment.
- adhesive material may be used in equipment already installed for the purpose of processing and applying conventional hot-melt adhesives.
- a look at one set of results presented in the Examples below demonstrates one advantage that is present in at least some versions of the present invention.
- 8 different adhesives one of which was an example of the present invention, were used to bond two substrates together. All of the test laminates were made using conventional hot- melt processing equipment in which both the conventional hot-melt adhesives and an adhesive of the present invention were substantially liquefied at a temperature ranging from about 350 degrees Fahrenheit to about 380 degrees Fahrenheit. The substantially liquefied adhesive was then conducted from the hot-melt tank, by a gear pump, to a point of application proximate to one of the substrates used to make the laminate.
- each of the 8 laminates employing a different adhesive composition were then subjected to a test designed to evaluate the integrity or strength of the bond between the two substrates (again, described in more detail below).
- the 7 laminates each comprising a different, conventional hot-melt adhesive failed in about 4 hours or less (failure meaning that the two substrates, initially joined using the adhesive, became completely detached from one another; this time of failure is identified as the static-peel-failure time).
- the laminate employing an adhesive composition of the present invention did not exhibit a bonding failure after 30 hours. Instead, one of the substrates itself failed during the test; i.e., the bond did not fail, there was a failure of the material because the bond was stronger than the material.
- an adhesive composition possessing features of the present invention comprises an atactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 20% or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15% or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically about 3000 to about 100,000; and an isotactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 40% or more, specifically of about 60% or more, particularly of about 80% or more, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; wherein the adhesive composition is hot-melt processable at a temperature of about 450 degrees Fahrenheit or less, specifically at a temperature of about 400 degrees Fahrenheit or less, particularly at a temperature of about 375 degrees Fahrenheit or less, and suitably at a temperature of about 350 degrees Fahrenheit or less.
- This adhesive composition can have a melt index between about 100 and about 2000 grams per 10 minutes, or between about 200 and about 1800 grams per 10 minutes, or between about 500 and about 1500 grams per 10 minutes, as determined using ASTM D 1238.
- the melt index is dependent upon the crystallinity, molecular weight, and the molecular weight distribution of the polymers included in the adhesive composition.
- the atactic polymer is present in an amount of about 50 to about 90 weight percent and the isotactic polymer is present in an amount of about 5 to about 50 weight percent.
- the atactic polymer may be the same as the isotactic polymer (e.g., both may be polypropylene, as described below, or both may be polystyrene, polybutene, polyethylene, or combinations of any of these, for example), or the atactic polymer may be different from the isotactic polymer.
- the term "high density polyethylene” (HDPE) is used to refer to polyethylene that is essentially isotactic
- LDPE low density polyethylene
- HDPE generally has a density in a range of about 0.935 to 0.980 grams per cubic centimeter
- LDPE generally has a density in a range of about 0.910 to 0.935 grams per cubic centimeter.
- weight percent is defined as the mass of one type of polymer (e.g., atactic) in the adhesive composition divided by the sum of the masses of other types of polymer (e.g., atactic and isotactic) in the adhesive composition, plus the mass(es) of any additional component(s) that might be present in the adhesive composition, with this value being multiplied by 100. So, for example, if we form an adhesive composition comprising 40 grams of atactic polypropylene with 60 grams of isotactic polypropylene, the combination includes 40 weight percent atactic polypropylene.
- One version of an adhesive composition possessing features of the present invention comprises atactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 20% or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15% or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically about 3000 to about 100,000; and isotactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 40% or more, specifically of about 60% or more, particularly of about 80% or more, and a weight average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; wherein the adhesive composition is hot-melt processable at a temperature of about 450 degrees Fahrenheit or less.
- This adhesive composition can have a melt index between about 100 and about 2000 grams per 10 minutes, or between about 200 and about 1800 grams per 10 minutes, or between about 500 and about 1500 grams per 10 minutes.
- Another version of an adhesive composition of the present invention provides that the adhesive composition is hot-melt processable at a temperature of about 400 degrees Fahrenheit or less, specifically at a temperature of about 375 degrees Fahrenheit or less, and more specifically at a temperature of about 350 degrees Fahrenheit or less.
- Still another version of an adhesive composition of the present invention provides that the atactic polypropylene is present in amount of about 50 to about 90 weight percent and the isotactic polypropylene is present in an amount of about 5 to about 50 weight percent.
- the invention encompasses laminated structures employing versions of the adhesive composition as described above.
- one version of a laminated structure of the present invention comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein at least a portion of the first layer is attached to at least a portion of the second layer using an adhesive composition that is the same as, or analogous to, one or more of the versions described above, and wherein the laminated structure has a static-peel-failure time of at least about 1 hour, specifically of at least about 8 hours, and particularly of at least about 24 hours.
- a laminated structure of the present invention comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein at least a portion of the first layer is attached to at least a portion of the second layer using an adhesive composition that is the same as, or analogous to, one or more of the versions described above, and wherein the laminated structure has a relative accretion value of less than 1, or less than 0.5, or less than 0.2 (or, alternatively, an accretion value that is substantially zero, or an accretion value that is less than the accretion value of a conventional hot-melt adhesive for which an adhesive composition of the present invention is substituted).
- a relative accretion value of less than 1 means that the adhesive composition of the present invention builds up on processing equipment, such as ultrasonic-bonding equipment, at a rate, or in an amount, less than a conventional hot-melt adhesive that is selected as the comparator.
- a laminated structure employing an adhesive composition having features of the present invention when passed through a unit operation in which the laminated structure is exposed to energy (e.g., ultrasonic energy, infrared energy, thermal energy by conductive or convective transport, and/or the like), produces substantially no build up of the adhesive composition on surfaces of equipment that make up that unit operation (e.g., the surfaces of ultrasonic-bonding equipment used to ultrasonically bond materials).
- the first and second layer may be part of one-and-the-same substrate. That is, the substrate may be folded over and joined to itself using an adhesive composition of the present invention.
- the first layer, second layer, or both may comprise a variety of materials, including, but not limited to a nonwoven (e.g., a necked-bonded laminate or a spun-bond material); a film; a woven material; an elasticized component; a substrate comprising cellulosic material, thermoplastic material, or both; some combination of these; or the like.
- an absorbent article may be formed that employs an adhesive composition of the present invention and/or a laminated structure of the present invention.
- one version of an absorbent article of the present invention comprises a liquid-permeable topsheet; a liquid-impermeable backsheet; and a laminated structure having features of the present invention, such as one or more of the versions described above.
- Some or all of the backsheet may include the laminated structure; some or all of the topsheet may include the laminated structure; the laminated structure may be attached, directly or indirectly, to the backsheet, the topsheet, or both; or a laminated structure or structures may be present in some combination of these.
- the present invention also encompasses methods of making these compositions, structures, and articles of manufacture.
- One version of a method of making a laminated structure having features of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a first substrate; providing a second substrate; providing an atactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 20% or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15% or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically about 3000 to about 100,000; providing an isotactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 40%> or more, specifically of about 60% or more, particularly of about 80% or more, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; heating the atactic polymer and the isotactic polymer so that they are sufficiently liquefied for blending; blending the heated atactic polymer and the heated isotactic polymer to form an adhesive composition that is meft-processable at a temperature of less than about 450 degrees Fahrenlieit, specifically of less than about 400 degrees Fahrenheit, particularly of
- the atactic polymer is present in an amount of about 50 to about 90 weight percent and the isotactic polymer is present in an amount of about 5 to about 50 weight percent.
- the isotactic polymer and the atactic polymer may be the same polymer (e.g., atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene, or atactic polystyrene and isotactic polystyrene, or atactic polybutene and isotactic polybutene, or HDPE and LDPE, or combinations of the same polymers), or different polymers.
- atactic and isotactic polymers could be heated and blended at a site other than the site where the laminate is being formed.
- atactic and isotactic polymer could be blended using an extruder or hot-melt processing equipment at a first geographic location. The blend could then be allowed to cool and processed to make a solid form (e.g., pellets).
- the atactic/isotactic polymer blend, in solid form could then be shipped from the first geographic site to a site where a laminate is to be made.
- the blend, in solid form would simply be heated to substantially liquefy the adhesive composition prior to its being used to make a laminate.
- the atactic polymer could be heated in a first container; the isotactic polymer could be heated in a second container, before, after, or concurrently with the heating of the atactic polymer; and then the two substantially liquefied polymers could be blended in the first container, the second container, or a third container.
- one of an atactic or isotactic polymer could be heated in a container, and after the selected polymer was substantially liquefied, the remaining polymer could be added to the same container to be heated and blended.
- atactic and isotactic polymer could be added to the same container to be heated and blended at the same time.
- our invention contemplates various methods and sequences by which selected amounts of polymer having an atactic, isotactic, and/or syndiotactic configuration (plus any other optional additives), or selected amounts of polymers having different degrees of crystallinity, are heated and blended to form an adhesive composition of the present invention.
- the atactic polymer and isotactic polymer are in substantially solid form at room temperature, or temperatures that are typically present in a working environment suitable for human beings.
- those steps providing for heating and liquefying that material i.e., the already-liquefied material
- Another version of a method of making a laminated structure having features of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a first substrate; providing a second substrate; providing atactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 20% or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15%o or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically about 3000 to about 100,000; providing isotactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 40%> or more, specifically of about 60% or more, particularly of about 80% or more, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; heating the atactic polypropylene and the isotactic polypropylene so that they are sufficiently liquefied for blending; blending the heated atactic polypropylene and the heated isotactic polypropylene to form an adhesive composition that is melt-processable at a temperature of less than about 450 degrees Fahrenheit, specifically of less than about
- atactic polypropylene is present in amount of about 50 to about 90 weight percent and isotactic polypropylene is present in an amount of about 5 to about 50 weight percent.
- the present invention encompasses different sequences of steps and unit operations for making an adhesive composition of the present invention.
- the methods described above encompass the first layer, second layer, or both comprising a variety of materials, including, but not limited to a nonwoven (e.g., a neck-bonded laminate or a spun-bond material), a film, a woven material, an elasticized component, a substrate comprising cellulosic material and/or a thermoplastic material, some combination of these, or the like.
- a nonwoven e.g., a neck-bonded laminate or a spun-bond material
- a film e.g., a neck-bonded laminate or a spun-bond material
- a woven material e.g., a woven material
- an elasticized component e.g., a substrate
- a substrate comprising cellulosic material and/or a thermoplastic material, some combination of these, or the like.
- methods of making a laminated structure of the present invention encompass the first and second layer being part of one-and- the-same substrate. That is, the substrate may be folded over and joined
- a method of making an adhesive composition having features of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing atactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 20%) or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15% or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically of from about 3000 to about 100,000; providing isotactic polymer having a degree of crystallinity of about 40% or more, specifically of about 60%> or more, particularly of about 80% or more, a number- average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; heating the atactic polymer and the isotactic polymer so that they are sufficiently liquefied for blending; and blending the heated atactic polymer and the heated isotactic polymer to form an adhesive composition that is melt-processable at a temperature of less than about 450 degrees Fahrenheit, specifically of less than about 400 degrees Fahrenheit, particularly of less than about 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and suitably of less than about 350 degrees
- the atactic polymer is present in amount of about 50 to about 90 weight percent and the isotactic polymer is present in an amount of about 5 to about 50 weight percent.
- the isotactic polymer and the atactic polymer may be the same polymer (e.g., atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene, or atactic polystyrene and isotactic polystyrene, or atactic polybutene and isotactic polybutene, or HDPE and LDPE), or different polymers.
- the atactic polymer may also include amorphous polyolefin copolymer, such as butene-ethylene copolymer and/or propylene-ethylene copolymer, for example.
- Another method of making an adhesive composition having features of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing atactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 20% or less, specifically a crystallinity of about 15% or less, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 300,000, specifically about 3000 to about 100,000; providing isotactic polypropylene having a degree of crystallinity of about 40%) or more, specifically of about 60% or more, particularly of about 80% or more, and a number-average molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 200,000, more particularly of about 10,000 to about 100,000; heating the atactic polypropylene and the isotactic polypropylene so that they are sufficiently liquefied for blending; and blending the heated atactic polypropylene and the heated isotactic polypropylene to form an adhesive composition that is melt-processable at a temperature of less than about 450 degrees Falirenheit, specifically of less than about 400 degrees Fahrenheit, particularly of less than about 375 degrees Fahren
- One version of a method in which an adhesive composition of the present invention is metered or delivered at a desired rate to a unit operation comprises the steps of: determining the amount of adhesive composition being used by the unit operation per unit time; and force-adjusting the volumetric flow rate or the mass flow rate of the adhesive composition so that the amount of adhesive composition being metered or delivered to the unit operation corresponds to the amount of adhesive composition being used by the unit operation per unit time.
- Figure 1 gives symbolic representations of syndiotactic, isotactic, and atactic configurations of a polymer.
- Figure 2 gives a visual representation of a fringed-micelle model of a material having both amorphous and crystalline regions.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of one version of a method and apparatus for preparing, processing, and delivering an adhesive composition.
- Figure 4A shows one version of a feedback control scheme.
- Figure 4B shows one version of a feedforward control scheme.
- Figure 5 shows one version of a process control system.
- Figure 6 shows one version of a process for making a laminate comprising an adhesive composition.
- Figure 7 A shows a top view of a portion of one version of a laminate.
- Figure 7B shows a sectional, perspective view of a test panel cut from one version of a laminate.
- the present invention is generally directed to adhesive compositions comprising selected ratios of crystalline and amorphous polymers.
- the present invention encompasses adhesive compositions comprising selected amounts of polymers having different configurations (e.g., a combination of atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene).
- Adhesive compositions of the present invention generally perform better, and typically cost less, than conventional hot-melt adhesives. Furthermore, these compositions may typically be processed and applied using conventional hot-melt adhesive processing equipment. Generally new equipment will not be necessary to use adhesive compositions of the present invention.
- Nonwoven fabric or web means a web having a structure of individual fibers or threads that are interlaid, but not in a regular or identifiable manner as in a knitted fabric.
- Nonwoven fabrics or webs have been formed from many processes such as, for example, meltblowing processes, spunbonding processes, air laying processes, and bonded carded web processes.
- the basis weight of nonwoven fabrics is usually expressed in ounces of material per square yard (osy) or grams per square meter (gsm) and the fiber diameters are usually expressed in microns. (Note: to convert from osy to gsm, multiply osy by 33.91.)
- Woven fabric or web means a fabric or web containing a structure of fibers, filaments, or yarns, which are arranged in an orderly, inter-engaged fashion.
- Woven fabrics typically contain inter-engaged fibers in a "warp" and "fill” direction. The warp direction corresponds to the length of the fabric while the fill direction corresponds to the width of the fabric.
- Woven fabrics can be made, for example, on a variety of looms including, but not limited to, shuttle looms, rapier looms, projectile looms, air jet looms, and waterjet looms.
- spunbonded fibers or “spundbond fibers” means small-diameter fibers that are typically formed by extruding molten thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine capillaries of a spinneret having a circular or other configuration, with the diameter of the extruded filaments then being rapidly reduced as by, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,340,563 to Appel et al, and U.S. Patent 3,692,618 to Dorschner et al, U.S. Patent 3,802,817 to Matsuki et al, U.S. Patents 3,338,992 and 3,341,394 to Kinney, U.S. Patent 3,502,763 to Hartman, U.S.
- Spunbond fibers are quenched and generally not tacky when they are deposited onto a collecting surface. Spunbond fibers are generally continuous and often have average diameters larger than about 7 microns, and more particularly between about 10 and 30 microns.
- a spunbond material, layer, or substrate comprises spunbonded (or spunbond) fibers.
- meltblown fibers means fibers formed by extruding a molten material, typically thermoplastic in nature, through a plurality of fine, usually circular, die capillaries as molten threads or filaments into converging high- velocity heated gas (e.g., air) streams that attenuate the filaments of molten material to reduce their diameter, which may be to microfiber diameter. Thereafter, the meltblown fibers are carried by the high- velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a web of randomly dispersed meltblown fibers.
- heated gas e.g., air
- Microfibers are microfibers which may be continuous or discontinuous, are generally smaller than 10 microns in diameter, and are generally self-bonding when deposited onto a collecting surface.
- microfibers means small-diameter fibers having an average diameter not greater than about 100 microns, for example, having a diameter of from about 0.5 microns to about 50 microns, more specifically microfibers may also have an average diameter of from about 1 micron to about 20 microns.
- Microfibers having an average diameter of about 3 microns or less are commonly referred to as ultra-fine microfibers.
- a description of an exemplary process of making ultra-fine microfibers may be found in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,213,881, entitled "A Nonwoven Web With Improved Barrier Properties".
- Conventional hot-melt adhesive means a formulation that generally comprises several components. These components typically include one or more polymers to provide cohesive strength (e.g., aliphatic polyolefins such as poly (ethylene-co-propylene) copolymer; ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers; styrene-butadiene or styrene-isoprene block copolymers; etc.); a resin or analogous material (sometimes called a tackifier) to provide adhesive strength (e.g., hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum distillates; rosins and/or rosin esters; terpenes derived, for example, from wood or citrus, etc.); perhaps waxes, plasticizers or other materials to modify viscosity (i.
- aliphatic polyolefins such as poly (ethylene-co-propylene) copolymer; ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers; styrene-butadiene or styren
- a typical hot- melt adhesive formulation might contain from about 15 to about 35 weight percent cohesive strength polymer or polymers; from about 50 to about 65 weight percent resin or other tackifier or tackifiers; from more than zero to about 30 weight percent plasticizer or other viscosity modifier; and optionally less than about 1 weight percent stabilizer or other additive. It should be understood that other adhesive formulations comprising different weight percentages of these components are possible.
- While certain versions of the present invention encompass combinations of atactic and isotactic polymers only (e.g., atactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene), it should be understood that other embodiments of the present invention comprise components in addition to combinations of atactic and isotactic polymers (or components in addition to selected amounts of polymers having different degrees of crystallinity).
- Hot-melt processable means that an adhesive composition may be liquefied using a hot-melt tank (i.e., a system in which the composition is heated so that it is substantially in liquid form; see, e.g., the adhesive-supply unit referred to in the Example 1 below) and transported via a pump (e.g., a gear pump or positive-displacement pump) from the tank to the point of application proximate to a substrate or other material; or to another tank, system, or unit operation (e.g., a separate system, which may include an additional pump or pumps, for delivering the adhesive to the point of application).
- a pump e.g., a gear pump or positive-displacement pump
- Hot-melt tanks used to substantially liquefy a hot-melt adhesive typically operate in a range from about 100 degrees Fahrenheit to about 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Generally, at the point of application, the substantially liquefied adhesive composition will pass through a nozzle or bank of nozzles, but may pass through some other mechanical element such as a slot.
- a hot-melt processable adhesive composition is to be contrasted with a composition that requires a conventional extruder, and the attendant pressures and temperatures characteristic of an extruder, to liquefy, mix, and/or convey the composition.
- a hot-melt tank and pump in a hot-melt processing system can handle adhesive-composition viscosities in a range of up to 50,000 centipoise
- an extruder can handle and process adhesive-composition viscosities in a range from about 10,000 centipoise to viscosities of several hundred thousand centipoise.
- compositions of the present invention are hot-melt processable; i.e., the combination comprising isotactic and atactic polymers may be substantially liquefied in a hot-melt tank and conveyed to the point of application via a pump. As was stated above, however, some adhesive compositions of the present invention may not possess this particular advantage.
- laminate means a structure in which one layer, material, component, web, or substrate is adhesively bonded, at least in part, to another layer, material, component, web, or substrate. As stated elsewhere in this application, a layer, material, component, web, or substrate may be folded over and adhesively bonded to itself to form a “laminated structure” or “laminate.”
- Polymer generally includes, but is not limited to, homopolymers, copolymers, such as, for example, block, graft, random and alternating copolymers, terpolymers, and blends and modifications thereof. As is explained in this document, polymers may assume different configurations, including isotactic, atactic, and syndiotactic configurations. "Configuration” describes those arrangements of atoms that cannot be altered except by breaking and reforming primary chemical bonds (i.e., covalent bonds). In contrast, "conformation” describes arrangements that can be altered by rotating groups of atoms around single bonds. It should be noted that a single polymer chain may be synthesized such that some portions of the chain have an isotactic configuration and some portions of the chain have an atactic configuration.
- a graphic example provides additional detail on the types of configurations mentioned above. If a polymer chain is depicted in a fully-extended, planar, zigzag conformation 1100, the configuration resulting when all the substituent groups R 1102 on the polymer lie above (depicted in Figure IB) or below (not depicted) the plane of the main cham is called “isotactic". If substituent groups lie alternately above and below the plane the configuration is called “syndiotactic" (depicted in Figure 1 A). And a random sequence of substituents lying above and below the plane is described as an "atactic" configuration (depicted in Figure 1C).
- a polymer, or a region of a polymer, having an isotactic configuration is more likely to assume characteristics of a crystalline structure.
- isotactic polymer refers to a polymer that is at least
- isotactic suitably at least 70%> isotactic, alternatively at least 80% isotactic.
- a polymer, or a region of a polymer, having an atactic configuration is more likely to assume characteristics of an amorphous structure.
- An atactic polymer may assume some crystallinity, but the degree of crystallinity is typically less than 20%o, or less than 15%>.
- the term "atactic polymer" refers to a polymer that may not be
- a polymer, or a region of a polymer, having a syndiotactic configuration can assume characteristics of a crystalline structure, which is similar to the degree of crystallinity in an isotactic configuration.
- fringed-micelle model means a theoretical construct characterizing polymeric structures that have both crystalline 150 and amorphous 152 regions (one version of a graphic depiction of a fringed-micellar structure is presented in Figure 2).
- This model may be used to characterize the structure of an atactic polymer and an isotactic polymer individually, i.e., each polymer possesses both crystalline regions and amorphous regions.
- the isotactic polymer likely possesses a greater degree of crystallinity compared to an atactic polymer.
- this model may be used to characterize the structure of a blend of isotactic polymer and atactic polymer. It should be understood that this model provides one possible view of characteristics of the present invention and in no way limits the scope thereof.
- open time refers to the length of time during which an adhesive composition remains tacky or sticky prior to drying. Open time is affected by isotacticity of a polymer, such that the greater the level of isotacticity the shorter the open time.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of an apparatus 20, and a method for spraying an adhesive composition, on a moving web 22.
- the apparatus 20 may include a programmable control system 24 that is operatively connected to a flow-control system 26.
- the combination of the programmable control system 24 and the flow-control system 26 are configured to control the delivery of an adhesive composition in liquid form to the moving web 22.
- an adhesive composition is received in solid form at a manufacturing site where equipment such as that depicted in Figure 3 is located.
- hot-melt adhesive compositions may be received as solid pellets, blocks, or some other shape.
- the solid is then heated so that the hot-melt adhesive composition is in a form such that it can be conveyed, and applied, to a substrate or other material. Usually this requires that the heated hot-melt adhesive be in substantially liquid form.
- an adhesive composition comprising an atactic and isotactic polymer (e.g., atactic polypropylene atid isotactic polypropylene), in solid form, might be received at a manufacturing site for heating and processing as described above.
- the atactic and isotactic polymer might be received as separate components to be blended at the manufacturing site (as discussed above in the Summary, the present invention encompasses a variety of sequences of steps for making adhesive compositions of the present invention).
- An example of equipment and methods for heating an adhesive composition, or precursor materials to the adhesive composition, are described in more detail below.
- the apparatus may also include a position-sensing system that is configured to sense a position of the moving web 22 and, in response thereto, generate a signal that is sent to the programmable control system 24.
- the continuously moving web 22 may be supplied by any means known to those skilled in the art, such as known conveyor systems.
- the continuously moving web 22 can include any type of layer or web of material, such as: films; nonwoven webs; woven webs which may include strands of thermoplastic material; an elasticized component; natural material such as threads of cotton and the like; laminate materials; or combinations thereof.
- the continuously moving web 22 may include a necked-bonded laminate ("NBL”), which generally comprises a polyethylene layer sandwiched between • two polypropylene, spunbonded layers; a polypropylene, spunbonded layer (“SB”); or an outercover comprising a polyethylene layer and a polypropylene, spunbonded layer.
- NBL necked-bonded laminate
- SB polypropylene, spunbonded layer
- the adhesive is sprayed on the continuously moving web 22 in a specific design or pattern for subsequent placement of or bonding to another material.
- the other material can be the same or different than the web to which adhesive was applied.
- adhesive might be applied to both substrates before they are joined together.
- one substrate might be folded over and attached to itself to form a laminated structure.
- the programmable control system 24 of the present invention is configured to send signals to the flow control system 26 which, in response thereto, is configured to initiate a spray of adhesive at the correct time to provide the desired pattern of adhesive on the moving web 22.
- the flow control system 26 includes an adhesive source 28 which is configured to deliver an adhesive through an adhesive supply line 30 to a metering mechanism 32.
- the adhesive can be delivered to the metering mechanism 32 by any means known to those skilled in the art, such as by the use of a pump.
- the metering mechanism 32 is configured to continuously supply at least one independent, volumetric flow of adhesive to a respective nozzle.
- volumetric flow refers to a flow of adhesive that has a predetermined volumetric flow rate.
- Such a “volumetric flow” may be provided by a positive-displacement metering pump which is configured to supply a specific volumetric flow which is independent of the manner in which the adhesive is supplied to the metering mechanism 32.
- the metering mechanism 32 is configured to provide an independent, predetermined mass flow rate of adhesive to each nozzle.
- Other adhesive processing and delivery systems utilize pressure to provide a flow of adhesive.
- the metering mechanism 32 of the present invention may be configured to supply a single, volumetric flow of adhesive to one nozzle or an independent, volumetric flow of adhesive to each of a plurality of nozzles depending upon the number of nozzles required to provide the desired pattern of adhesive on the moving web 22.
- a suitable device to provide the metering mechanism 32 may include a positive-displacement metering pump which is commercially available from May Coating Technologies, Acumeter Division, a business having offices located in Holliston, Mass., under the trade designation No. 19539.
- the metering mechanism 32 may include any other piston pump or gear pump which are well known to those skilled in the art.
- the metering mechanism 32 may be configured to supply any desired volumetric flow rate of adhesive to each nozzle.
- the metering mechanism 32 may be configured to provide a pre-determined volumetric flow rate of from about 1 to about 1000 cubic centimeters per minute and suitably from about 30 to about 180 cubic centimeters of adhesive per minute to each nozzle.
- the metering mechanism 32 may be configured to provide either a constant or a variable volumetric flow rate of adhesive to each nozzle.
- the speed of the pump may be controlled to vary the volumetric flow rate of adhesive to the nozzles.
- Each nozzle 38 and 40 as representatively illustrated in Figure 3 can be any device which is capable of providing the desired pattern of adhesive on the moving web 22.
- one suitable nozzle is commercially available from Nordson Corporation, a business having offices located in Duluth, Ga., under the trade designation Model No. 144906.
- Another suitable nozzle for use in the present invention is obtainable from ITW Dynatec Co. of Hendersonville, Tenn., under the trade designation number 057B1639, l.D.
- Such nozzles are typically configured to be operated between an on position and an off position to control the spray of adhesive from the nozzles. When operated in the on position, each nozzle may be configured to spray substantially the entire volumetric flow of adhesive which is independently supplied to it to more accurately control the amount and pattern of the adhesive on the moving web.
- the nozzles 38 and 40 may further be configured to include air streams that can be directed to provide a desired pattern in the spray of adhesive being dispensed from each nozzle. Such air streams can provide a desired adhesive spray pattern, such as a pattern of swirls of adhesive.
- the web may be further processed in a variety of ways.
- the continuously moving web 22 may be contacted by a second substrate web, such as a nonwoven layer, between a pair of nip rolls to adhesively join the two substrate webs together.
- this composite material or laminate may be used in a variety of ways such as in the construction of disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, incontinent articles, training pants, feminine care articles and the like.
- the resulting composite material or laminate may be exposed to thermal, infrared, ultrasonic, or other forms of energy in subsequent unit operations or processing steps.
- the laminate or composite material may pass through an ultrasonic-bonding unit operation wherein the laminate or composite material are exposed to ultrasonic energy.
- ultrasonic-bonding unit operation wherein the laminate or composite material are exposed to ultrasonic energy.
- some or all of the composite or laminate may be exposed to ultrasonic energy.
- adhesives of the present invention used to make laminates and composite materials, may be exposed to ultrasonic energy when ultrasonic-bonding equipment is used in subsequent processing steps (e.g., when the ultrasonic bonding equipment is used to form the seams or seals in the disposable absorbent article as discussed above).
- the adhesive, or components thereof may then penetrate through the laminate or composite material to contact the surfaces of ultrasonic-bonding equipment.
- the adhesive, or components thereof may flow through gaps between a laminate or composite material and build up on the surface of the ultrasonic-bonding equipment. This in turn may lead to build up or accretion of adhesive on parts of the ultrasonic-bonding equipment.
- the adhesive may bind other materials such that the build up or accretion comprises both adhesive and other materials, such as fibers from a nonwoven web or other component or piece. This build up or accretion may decrease performance of the ultrasonic-bonding equipment, and may lead to increased down time of the production machine used to make the substrate composite and/or absorbent product.
- conventional hot-melt adhesives or one or more of their components do build up on the surface of ultrasonic- bonding equipment.
- adhesive compositions of the present invention either do not build up on the surfaces of ultrasonic-bonding equipment, or, if build-up occurs, the build-up occurs in an amount, or at a rate, that is less than the amount or rate of build-up associated with conventional hot-melt adhesives.
- some embodiments of the present invention which contain only specified amounts of polymer having an atactic, syndiotactic, and/or isotactic configuration (and optionally containing small amounts of certain additives), do not contain significant quantities of low molecular-weight materials.
- these embodiments are less susceptible to flowing and building up on the surfaces of equipment when exposed to various forms of energy (e.g., ultrasonic energy when a laminate or composite material comprising the adhesive embodiment is processed in an ultrasonic-bonding unit operation).
- the adhesive composition in addition to including an isotactic polymer and an atactic polymer, also includes up to 50%> by weight of a combination of additives, such as a tackifier, an anti-oxidizing agent, color pigment, filler, and/or a polymer compatibilizer.
- a combination of additives such as a tackifier, an anti-oxidizing agent, color pigment, filler, and/or a polymer compatibilizer.
- the adhesive composition may include any one or more of these additives.
- suitable tackifiers include PICCOLYTE® S Resins, REGALITE® series, STAYBELITE® ester, each available from Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, Delaware.
- the adhesive composition may suitably include 10 to 20 percent by weight tackifier.
- Suitable anti-oxidizing agents include IRGANOX® 565, available from Ciba-Geigy, POLYGARD®, available from Uniroyal Chemical Col, and ANTIOXIDANT® series, available from Cytec Industries.
- the adhesive composition may suitably include 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight antioxidant.
- suitable color pigments and fillers include TiO 2 , carbon black, and calcium carbonate.
- the adhesive composition may suitably include 1 to 10 percent by weight color pigments and fillers.
- suitable polymer compatibilizers include polypropylene-b-polyethylene, polypropylene-b-polybutene diblock copolymers.
- the adhesive composition may suitably include 2 to 10 percent by weight polymer compatibilizer.
- the adhesive composition suitably has an open time of up to 2 minutes.
- the adhesive composition can have an open time of up to 30 seconds, or up to 10 seconds, or as short as up to 1 second.
- process-control systems may be used to control the volumetric or mass flow rate of adhesive compositions of the present invention to a point of application (e.g., to a point of application on a substrate, layer, or web that will be used to make a laminate or composite material).
- a point of application e.g., to a point of application on a substrate, layer, or web that will be used to make a laminate or composite material.
- Persons of ordinary skill in the art of process control are familiar with the various process-control strategies, algorithms, and equipment used to control a process.
- Some of the possible strategies that may be used to control a process include feedback-control strategies (i.e., a process in which a variable to be controlled is measured, the measured value is compared to a desired value, and the difference between the measured value and the desired value is transmitted to a feedback controller that force adjusts a manipulative variable to drive the measured variable back to the desired value) (see, e.g., Figure 4A); feedforward-control strategies (i.e., a process in which a disturbance entering a process is detected, and an appropriate change is made to a manipulative variable so that an output variable is held constant; see, e.g., Figure 4B); and the like.
- feedback-control strategies i.e., a process in which a variable to be controlled is measured, the measured value is compared to a desired value, and the difference between the measured value and the desired value is transmitted to a feedback controller that force adjusts a manipulative variable to drive the measured variable back to the desired value
- feedforward-control strategies i.e.,
- a sensor may be used to determine a signal Sj corresponding to the variable to be controlled, e.g. the volumetric or mass flow rate of adhesive being sprayed or delivered in an adhesive- application unit operation 74.
- This signal may then be relayed electrically, pneumatically, hydraulically, or by other means to a transmitter 76, which converts the signal S j into a control signal Mj.
- the transmitter transmits the control signal M x to the controller 78.
- the controller After receiving the control signal M, the controller sends the corresponding output signal R x to the control element 80.
- the control element such as an electronic or pneumatic control valve, responds to the output signal R ! by opening or closing, thus effecting the desired change to the variable being manipulated, in this case the volumetric or mass flow rate of adhesive.
- the control element might effect a desired change to the speed at which a pump operates, thereby controlling the mass or volumetric flow rate of adhesive.
- an air-pressure, electrical, pneumatic, or other signal may be used to transmit information (e.g., the various signals discussed in the preceding paragraphs) from one device to another (e.g., from a sensor, to a transmitter, to a controller, to a control element, or to some combination of some or all of these).
- the controller may be a device that converts a control signal into an equivalent air-pressure, electrical, pneumatic, or other output signal.
- This air-pressure, electrical, pneumatic or other output signal is sent from the controller to a control element that effects a change to the variable being manipulated. If the output signal is an air-pressure signal, the output signal will be transmitted to the control element via tubing.
- the control element such as a pneumatic control valve, responds to the output signal by opening or closing, thus effecting the desired change to the variable being manipulated.
- the control system may include multiple valves: e.g., a two-valve system with one operating as a one-directional, open-or- shut valve and the other operating as a proportional valve.
- the output signal is converted into an electrical signal.
- the output signal is relayed to the control element via metal wire or other electrical conductor.
- the control element such as an electronic control valve, responds to the electrical signal by opening or closing, thus effecting the desired change to the variable being manipulated.
- An operator may input a value directly to the controller to produce a control signal. For example, an operator may adjust a dial or other input device on a pneumatic, hydraulic, electronic, or other controller to adjust the volumetric or mass flow rate of adhesive. The operator selects a setting on the input device of the controller corresponding to the flow rate desired by the operator. Typically the operator will have calibrated the input device on the controller so that input-device settings each correspond to specific volumetric or mass flow rate values.
- a general-purpose computer may be used in place of, or in addition to, the controller mentioned above.
- a general-purpose computer employs an input device, including, but not limited to, an alpha-numeric keyboard, mouse, joystick, stylus, touch screen, or some combination of these.
- Other devices which may be used to input data to the computer include, but are not limited to: devices for reading data stored on magnetic media such as 3.5 inch "floppy disks" or fixed-drives; devices for reading data stored on optical media, such as CD-ROMs; devices for reading data transmitted over cables, including optical cables; and devices for scanning and digitizing information on a document, hi addition to the input devices like those mentioned above, a general-purpose computer usually includes a visual display for displaying data.
- a general-purpose computer typically has a device for storing and retrieving data that is inputted to the computer.
- Devices for storing and retrieving data include, but are not limited to: a disk drive for reading data from, and storing data on, a 3.5 inch "floppy disk"; a hard disk or other fixed drive; a tape drive; or other device capable of reading data from, and storing data on, magnetic media.
- a general-purpose computer may be adapted for use in controlling the volumetric or mass flow rate of adhesive.
- a general-purpose computer comprises devices for data input, data storage, data processing, data display, and data output, as discussed above.
- the general- purpose computer may further comprise a set of instructions comprising the following steps: reading the control signal M the control signal M 1 being transmitted to the computer in computer-readable form; correlating the control signal M ! to an output signal Rj and transmitting the output signal R ! to a control element.
- the control element such as an electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, or other control valve, responds to the output signal R ⁇ by opening or closing, thus effecting the desired change to the variable being manipulated, in this volumetric or mass flow rate.
- control element may effect desired changes to the speed at which a positive-displacement or other metering pump operates, thereby effecting desired changes to mass or volumetric flow rates.
- Laminates were made on equipment available from J & M Laboratories, a business having offices located in DawsonviUe, Georgia.
- a first substrate or first base material 102 such as a nonwoven web
- a second substrate or second base material such as a second nonwoven web 108, was directed from its unwind stand (not shown) to the surface of the rubber roll and through the nip.
- the equipment was operated at a speed of 300 feet per minute.
- the applicator 114 used to deposit the adhesive was positioned so that the face of the depicted nozzle, which was roughly parallel to the surface of the web to which adhesive was first applied, was 1.5 inches 116 from the surface of the web. Furthermore, the central axis of the depicted nozzle, which is perpendicular to the web to which adhesive is first applied, was 8 inches 118 from a parallel axis that passes through the nip defined by the rubber and steel rolls.
- Figure 7A depicts a top view of a portion of a laminate after it has been formed.
- the adhesive is under the upper substrate of the laminate depicted in the Figure.
- the direction that is perpindicular to the machine direction, but lying within the plane of the laminate, is denoted as the cross-machine direction 704.
- the width of the formed laminate was about 1 to about 12 inches 706.
- the width of the applied adhesive again width denoting a dimension parallel to the cross-machine direction, typically was from about 0.5 inch to about 10 inches 708.
- the band of adhesive was generally applied such that it was substantially centered in the laminate (in the width dimension). Unless otherwise noted, the width of the applied adhesive was about 0.5 inch to about 2 inches. (Note: the lines 710 and 712 denote the manner in which a 2-inch 714 sample was cut for subsequent analysis; sample preparation and orientation is discussed in more detail below).
- the selected adhesive was either an adhesive of the present invention (as noted in the Examples below), or a hot-melt adhesive (again as noted in the Examples below).
- the adhesive was added using a variety of patterns, including a meltblown pattern, a swirl or cycloidal pattern, or a pattern resulting from slot coating. Typically the adhesives were heated to temperatures ranging from about 350 degrees Fahrenheit to about 380 degrees Fahrenheit prior to application to one of the substrates. Unless otherwise noted, the selected adhesive was added using a meltblown pattern. As stated above, unless otherwise noted the width of the added adhesive was about 0.5 inch to about 2 inches.
- the selected adhesive was added in amounts varying from about 1 gram per square meter to about 50 grams per square meter, with specific application levels or add-on levels noted in the examples.
- NBL polyethylene layer sandwiched between two polypropylene, spunbonded layers; a polypropylene, spunbonded layer (“SB”); and an outercover comprising a polyethylene layer and a polypropylene, spunbonded layer.
- test laminate was then suspended vertically in a forced-air oven, model number OV-490A-2 manufactured by Blue M Co., a business having offices in Blue Island, Illinois, that had been pre-heated to a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with the top of one substrate layer 750 secured by a clamp or other mechanical securing element, the clamp or securing element having a width of about 2 inches. 3.
- a 500-gram weight was then affixed to the top edge 752 of the other substrate using a clamp or other mechanical securing element. Again, the clamp or securing element used to attach the 500-gram weight was about 2 inches. 4. Approximately every l ⁇ hour, the test laminate was visually examined by quickly opening the oven door.
- the time at which one substrate or layer had detached from the other substrate or layer was recorded.
- the recorded time corresponded to the approximate time of failure of the laminate.
- the two, now separate, substrates were then examined to determine the nature of the failure. If the substrates separated such that most of the adhesive remained on one of the substrates, then failure was deemed to be an adhesion failure (i.e., failure likely occurred at the interface between one of the substrates and the adhesive composition). If the substrates separated such that adhesive remained on both substrates, the failure was deemed to be a cohesion failure (i.e., separation likely occurred within the adhesive composition itself).
- test laminate was then suspended vertically in a forced-air oven, model number OV-490A-2 manufactured by Blue M Co., a business having offices in Blue Island, Illinois, that had been pre-heated to a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with the top of one substrate layer 750 secured by a clamp or other mechanical securing element, the clamp or securing element having a width greater than 2 inches. 3.
- a 500-gram weight was then affixed to the bottom edge 754 of the other substrate using a clamp or other mechanical securing element. Again, the clamp or securing element used to attach the 500-gram weight was about 2 inches. 4.
- the test laminate was visually examined by quickly opening the oven door. The time at which one substrate or layer had detached from the other substrate or layer was recorded. The recorded time corresponded to the approximate time of failure of the laminate. The two, now separate, substrates were then examined to determine the nature of the failure. If the substrates separated such that most of the adhesive remained on one of the substrates, then failure was deemed to be an adhesion failure (i.e., failure likely occurred at the interface between one of the substrates and the adhesive composition). If the substrates separated such that adhesive remained on both substrates, the failure was deemed to be a cohesion failure (i.e., separation likely occurred within the adhesive composition itself).
- the film side of the specimen is covered with masking tape, or some other suitable material, in order to prevent the film from ripping apart during the test.
- the masking tape is on only one side of the laminate and so does not contribute to the peel strength of the sample.
- This test uses two clamps, each clamp having two jaws with each jaw having a facing in contact with the sample, to hold the material in the same plane, usually vertically.
- the sample size is 2 inches (10.2 cm) wide by 4 inches
- the jaw facing size is 0.5 inch (1.25 cm) high by at least 2 inches (10.2 cm) wide, and the constant rate of extension is 300 mm/min.
- one clamp is attached to the top 750 of one substrate of a test panel (see Figure 7B).
- the other clamp is attached to the top 752 of the other substrate of a test panel.
- the clamps move apart at the specified rate of extension to pull apart the laminate.
- the sample specimen is pulled apart at 180 degrees angle of separation between the two layers, and the peel strength reported is the maximum tensile strength, in grams, recorded during the test.
- Each of the peel strengths reported below is an average of five to nine tests.
- a suitable device for determining the peel strength testing is a SINTECH 2 tester, available from the Sintech Corporation, a business having offices at 1001 Sheldon Dr., Cary, N.C. 27513; or an
- the relative accretion or build-up of an adhesive, alone or in combination with other materials, e.g., fibers, was measured by running a laminate comprising adhesive through a rotary ultrasonic bonder at 300 feet per minute for ten minutes (or other specified time).
- the rotary bonder included a horn and a dot-pattern anvil design.
- the ultrasonic generator was a 3005 Autotrac, 20 KHz, 3000 watt generator from Dukane Corporation, a business having offices in Saint Charles, Illinois.
- a variable-power supply was used to vary power available to the generator.
- the power level used was 100%), which corresponded to an ultrasonic wave amplitude of 2.8 to 3.5 mil (1 mil is equivalent to 1/1000 inch).
- the horn diameter was approximately 6.75 inches, with the pressure exerted by the horn on the anvil typically about 40 pounds per square inch or more to ensure good contact between the substrate, web, or laminate being processed; the horn; and the anvil.
- the anvil had a dot pattern, with each pin having a 45 mil diameter and a height of 31 mil. The spacing between each pin was about 79 mil.
- the anvil pins were made from D2 tool steel, which was heat treated and through hardened to Rockell C 60-63. The width of the pattern was 300 mil. The diameter of the anvil was about 5.7 inches.
- the build-up which consisted of adhesive and other material, e.g., nonwoven fibers, was scraped from the horn and the anvil and weighed, giving the accretion value for the evaluated adhesive.
- Laminates for this evaluation were prepared by meltblowing adhesive to get a 10 gram per square meter coverage on an approximately 0.4-ounce-per-square-yard polypropylene spunbond nonwoven facing. As shown above, adhesive was applied to one facing. This facing with the applied adhesive was then nipped together with the other facing
- Typical lamination speeds were 300 feet per minute.
- a laminate made using a conventional hot-melt adhesive, or an adhesive of the present invention was run through ultrasonic-bonding equipment under the conditions described above. The accretion or buildup was scraped off the various ultrasonic-bonding surfaces after a selected time and weighed. Relative-accretion values may be calculated by dividing the accretion value of the laminate comprising an adhesive of the present invention by the accretion value of a selected conventional hot-melt adhesive (e.g., a conventional hot- melt adhesive for which an adhesive of the present invention is to be substituted).
- a selected conventional hot-melt adhesive e.g., a conventional hot- melt adhesive for which an adhesive of the present invention is to be substituted.
- thermogravimetric analysis a sample of adhesive was placed in a sample holder in the heating element of a Model 951 Thermogravimetric Analyzer made by
- the sample was heated from room temperature, which was approximately 21 °C, to a temperature of 450°C at a heating rate of 10°C per minute.
- the sample was heated under a dynamic atmosphere of air with a flow of approximately 80 milliliters per minute.
- the crucible was continuously weighed during heating so that any decrease in weight could be detected.
- the resulting weight-change curves for the tested adhesives i.e.
- plots of sample weight versus temperature showed that isotactic polypropylene, atactic polypropylene, and blends of atactic and isotactic polypropylene (with the blends typically ranging from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent isotactic polypropylene) generally had a decomposition temperature of about 235°C in air.
- Nitrogen Cooling Accessory also made by TA Instruments, was attached to the Model 2920 differential scanning calorimeter. The results indicated that there was a significant peak showing energy absorption over the temperature range from about 150°C to about 170°C, with a peak at about 161 °C (i.e., indicative of melting).
- a 10-milligram sample of amorphous polypropylene was evaluated using the same differential-scanning calorimetry procedure. The analysis indicated that the amorphous polypropylene had a glass-transition temperature of about -10 degrees Celsius. Viscosity
- Atactic and isotactic polypropylene blends of varying compositions were formulated into 10.0 g samples. These samples were heated to or above 400 °F in a Brookfield Digital Rheometer Model DV-IU using a Brookfield Temperature Controller (available form Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, a business having offices in Stoughton, MA). Spindle #27 was used for all trials and the instrument was appropriately zeroed and calibrated before each test. After the sample had been stabilized and sufficiently mixed at 400 degrees Fahrenheit (or above), readings of the spindle rpm, torque, and viscosity were recorded.
- Brookfield viscosities at 360 degrees Fahrenheit were: for 10 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/90 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 3200 centipoise; for 20 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/80 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 4700 centipoise; for 30 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/70 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 6300 centipoise; and for 40 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/60 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 7000 centipoise. '
- Brookfield viscosities at 380 degrees Fahrenheit were: for 10 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/90 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 2500 centipoise; for 20 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/80 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 3600 centipoise; for 30 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/70 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 4900 centipoise; and for 40 weight percent isotactic polypropylene/60 weight percent atactic polypropylene, the viscosity was 5300 centipoise.
- Atactic polypropylene, isotactic polypropylene, and blends of atactic and isotactic polypropylene were sent to American Polymer Standard Corp., a business having offices in Philadelphia, PA, for molecular-weight determinations.
- the number-average and/or weight-average molecular weights were determined by American Polymer using gel- permeation chromatography on a Waters Model No. 150 gel-permeation chromatograph.
- Amorphous (i.e., atactic) polypropylene (received as slightly yellowish, transparent, elastomeric, small blocks) was obtained from Sigma- Aldrich, a business having offices in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- the amorphous polypropylene had a weight-average molecular weight of about 28,000 and a number-average molecular weight of 8400 (determined by American Polymer as discussed above).
- the procured amorphous polypropylene was determined to have a Brookfield viscosity of 23 poise at a temperature of 190 degrees Celsius (determine as described in the Tests/Procedures section above); and a glass-transition temperature of -10 degrees Celsius (determined, as described above, using differential-scanning calorimetry at a heating rate of 10 degrees Celsius per minute).
- Isotactic polypropylene was obtained from Sigma- Aldrich in the form of white, spherical particles.
- the isotactic polypropylene was determined to have a number-average molecular weight of about 20,000 and a weight-average molecular weight of about 110,000.
- the procured isotactic polypropylene had a melting index of 1000 grams per ten minutes (at a temperature of 230 degrees Celsius and when subjected to a force of 2.16 kg; see ASTM D 1238, which was used for this determination, for additional detail on measuring the melting index).
- Four and 1/2 kilograms of amorphous polypropylene were added to an adhesive-supply unit; i.e., a hot-melt processing system comprising a hot-melt tank.
- the adhesive-supply unit was a Dynamelt S Series Model Number DM310, available from ITW Dynatec, a business having offices in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
- the adhesive-supply unit was set at a temperature of about 370 degrees Fahrenheit. After about one hour the amorphous polypropylene was in substantially liquid form. One-half kilogram of isotactic polypropylene was then added to the aheady-liquefied amorphous polypropylene.
- a circulatory pump associated with the adhesive-supply unit was activated.
- the circulatory pump a gear pump, was operated so that approximately 0.5 to 0.8 pounds per minute of the precursor materials to the uniform blend were circulated.
- the pump was run for about 1 hour, the time at which the isotactic polypropylene solids were observed to have melted and become uniformly blended with the liquefied amorphous polypropylene.
- the Brookfield viscosity of the blend was determined to be about 3000 centipoise at a temperature of 370 degrees Celsius.
- NBL necked-bonded laminate
- Each laminate comprised a first NBL substrate, as described above, which was adhesively bonded to a second NBL substrate.
- each of the adhesives was slot-coated on to one of the substrate layers when making the laminate.
- Each adhesive was applied at an add-on level of about 20 grams per square meter.
- the same NBL substrate was used to make all laminates in this Example.
- the following comparative adhesive compositions were tested: (1) three hot-melt adhesive compositions identified by the alpha-numeric designators N.S. 8819-6C, N.S. 11414-19A, andN.S.
- Example 1 we made an embodiment of our invention by blending amorphous (i.e., atactic) polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene as described in Example 1 above.
- the static peel strength was determined as described above (i.e., a 500 gram mass was attached to the upper edge of one of the substrates of a test panel, with the test laminate suspended in an oven at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit). Results of this comparison are provided in Table 1 below:
- Laminates were made with approximately 0.4 osy polypropylene, spunbonded substrates and adhesive applied in a meltblown pattern at an application level of about 10 grams per square meter. The laminate was then run through ultrasonic-bonding equipment using the procedures described above to determine the accretion value for each of the tested adhesives.
- Example 4 An embodiment of an adhesive composition of the present invention was used to bond two substrates together.
- one of the substrates was a necked- bonded laminate substrate as discussed above.
- the second substrate was an outer cover as described above.
- a laminate was made by adhesively bonding the NBL substrate to the outer cover material as described above.
- the adhesive was applied, and the NBL substrate and outer cover were nipped together in a way such that the polypropylene, spunbonded layer of the outer cover contacted the adhesive.
- a version of an adhesive composition of the present invention was made as discussed in Example 1 above. Specifically a blend of atactic and isotactic polypropylene was prepared and used in making the laminate described in this Example (with the isotactic polypropylene present as 10% by weight of the total weight of the blend). The adhesive was slot coated onto one of the substrates at 20 grams per square meter before the NBL substrate and outer cover were nipped together with the adhesive located between the two substrates.
- the static peel strength was determined as described above (i.e., a 500 gram mass was attached to the upper edge of one of the substrates, with the test panel suspended in an oven at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit).
- the time at which one substrate detached from the other exceeded 24 hours. Again, there was a material failure, the NBL substrate itself delaminated, not a bond failure.
- a second comparative laminate was made as described above (i.e. an NBL substrate was adhesively bonded to an outer-cover substrate, with each of the substrates being the same as those used to prepare a laminate comprising an adhesive of the present invention as described in the preceding paragraph) except an embodiment of an adhesive composition of the present invention was replaced with RT2730 available from Huntsman Polymer Corp., as described above.
- the adhesive was slot coated onto one of the substrates at 20 grams per square meter before the NBL substrate and outer cover were nipped together with the adhesive located between the two substrates.
- the static peel strength was determined as described above (i.e., a 500 gram mass was attached to the upper edge of one of the substrates, with the test panel suspended in an oven at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit).
- the time at which the substrates detached from one another was less than 1 hour.
- the nature of the detachment was a cohesive failure of the adhesive bond.
- a laminate was made using a necked-bonded-laminate substrate (i. e., an NBL substrate) and an outercover material (as described above). The adhesive was applied, and the NBL substrate and outer cover were nipped together in a way such that the polypropylene, spunbonded layer of the outer cover contacted the adliesive.
- a version of an adhesive composition of the present invention was made as discussed in Example 1 above. Specifically a blend of atactic and isotactic polypropylene was prepared and used in making the laminate described in this Example (with the isotactic polypropylene present as 15% by weight of the total weight of the blend).
- the adhesive was meltblown onto one of the substrates at either 10 grams per square meter or 20 grams per square meter, as described below, before the NBL substrate and outer cover were nipped together with the adhesive located between the two substrates.
- the static peel strength was determined as described above (i.e., a 500 gram mass was attached to the upper edge of one of the substrates, with the test panel suspended in an oven at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit).
- the time at which one substrate detached from the other exceeded 24 hours.
- there was a material failure the NBL substrate itself delaminated, not a bond failure.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate).
- a second laminate was made in the same way except that the adliesive of the present invention was applied at an add-on level of about 20 grams per square meter.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate).
- the dynamic-shear-test value was also determined for each laminate. At an add-on level of 10 grams per square meter, the dynamic-shear-test value was about 2170 grams per square inch. At an add-on level of 20 grams per square meter, the dynamic-shear- test value was about 2190 grams per square inch. The mode of failure for both of these dynamic shear tests was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate).
- a laminate was made using a necked-bonded-laminate substrate (i. e., an NBL substrate) and a stretch-bonded laminate ("SBL") as a substrate.
- An SBL is generally a laminate made up of an elongated elastic web or elongated elastomeric strands bonded between two spunbond layers, for example.
- European Patent Application No. EP 0 217 032 published on April 8, 1987 in the names of Taylor et al, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety in a manner consistent with the present document.
- the adhesive was applied, and the NBL substrate and SBL substrate were nipped together with the adhesive now located between the substrates.
- a version of an adhesive composition of the present invention was made as discussed in Example 1 above, except that the composition was made so that isotactic polypropylene was present as 15% by weight of the total weight, i.e., the adhesive composition comprised 15 weight percent isotactic polypropylene.
- the adhesive was meltblown onto one of the substrates at either 20 grams per square meter or 40 grams per square meter, as described below, before the NBL substrate and SBL substrate were nipped together with the adhesive located between the two substrates.
- the dynamic-peel-test value for this NBL/SBL laminate comprising a 15-weight- percent isotactic polypropylene/85-weight-percent atactic polypropylene blend applied at 20 grams per square meter was determined to be 1220 grams per inch.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate and SBL substrate).
- the dynamic-shear-test value for this NBL/SBL laminate comprising a 15- weight-percent isotactic polypropylene/85-weight-percent atactic polypropylene blend applied at 20 grams per square meter was determined to be 2540 grams per square inch.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic shear test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate).
- the dynamic-peel-test value for this NBL/SBL laminate comprising a 15- weight-percent isotactic polypropylene/85-weight-percent atactic polypropylene blend applied at 40 grams per square meter was determined to be 1580 grams per inch.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate and SBL substrate).
- the dynamic-shear-test value for this NBL/SBL laminate comprising a 15-weight-percent isotactic polypropylene/85-weight-percent atactic polypropylene blend applied at 40 grams per square meter was determined to be 2280 grams per square inch.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic shear test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate).
- Another laminate was made in the same way except that the adhesive of the present invention was replaced with a conventional hot-melt adhesive available under the designator H2800 from Bostik-Findley. This adhesive was meltblown at an add-on level of 40 grams per square meter.
- the mode of failure for this dynamic test was a material failure (i.e., delamination of the NBL substrate and SBL substrate).
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